A decade ago the towns of Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge voted 17 times against the Amity Regional School District budget because they were angry and felt deceived.
A former finance director had led the board on and the district needed to be bailed out by its taxpayers.
On Monday there were only a handful of residents at the district meeting to discuss the budget.
Some spoke in favor of the course the district is on. Others, Jim Leahy and Jim Zeoli, pleaded with the board to cut costs.
Zeoli, in particular, has been at meeting after meeting asking the board to back off on expenses. He has said his town is suffering. Infrastructures need to be maintained.
He said in the past residents have been supportive of things Amity needed. But now it is past time for Amity to take a break from spending so much and let the towns catch up.
Phil Grande, a former BOE member, said he was disappointed that all the work he did on the board was ignored.
Grande had gotten the board to set up a roof repair account so residents wouldn't be hit so hard. After he was off the board turned around and reallocated those funds.
But the real question is where were all the BOW residents?
As it turns out many were down the street at the zoning meeting protesting a gun shop in town.